Israel, militants trade fire as Gaza death toll climbs to 24
Fox News
Israeli airstrikes destroyed homes in Gaza on Saturday and Palestinian rocket barrages into southern Israel continued for a second day.
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Tamim Hijazi, who was killed earlier in an Israeli air strike, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on August 6, 2022. (Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images) A Palestinian man mourns his relative killed during an Israeli airstrike, at a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Aug. 5, 2022. (Yasser Qudih/Xinhua via Getty Images) Palestinians mourn over the body of Tayseer al-Jabari in a hospital morgue. He was a commander in Saraya al-Quds, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, and was killed in an Israeli air strike. (Mahmoud Issa/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Children react during the funeral of Palestinian Tamim Hijazi, who was killed in an Israeli air strike, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Yousef Masoud) Mourners react during the funeral of Palestinian Tamim Hijazi, who was killed in an Israeli air strike, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Yousef Masoud) Palestinians react at a hospital in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, on August 6, 2022. (Mohammed Abed / AFP via Getty Images) Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system fires to intercept a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, near the Israeli Gaza border, Israel, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes on residential building, in Gaza City, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
So far, Hamas, the larger militant group that rules Gaza, appeared to stay on the sidelines of the conflict, keeping its intensity somewhat contained. Israel and Hamas fought a war barely a year ago, one of four major conflicts and several smaller battles over the last 15 years that exacted a staggering toll on the impoverished territory’s 2 million Palestinian residents.